Control ANY COMPUTER with these Pi KVMs!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2024
- I've been testing two Raspberry Pi KVM over IP devices: The TinyPilot Voyager and the PiKVM v3. What do they do? How well do they do it? Find out how you can get complete control over any PC or Mac over a network, and which of these devices you should pick to do it.
TinyPilot Voyager: tinypilotkvm.com
PiKVM v3 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
UPDATE: The PiKVM Kickstarter is over; the HAT should hopefully be available soon on PiShop.us: www.pishop.us/product/pikvm-v...
My Dad's analog VU meter clock kit: amzn.to/3AyhJ7Q (he somehow has all the fun little desktop accessories!)
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#RaspberryPi #Homelab #KVM
Contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Why use a KVM?
02:26 - TinyPilot vs Pi-KVM Overview
05:00 - The Cathedral and the Bazaar
05:59 - KVM Qualifications
07:25 - Remote Access in Radio
09:37 - Pi-KVM ATX Setup
10:18 - TinyPilot Setup
11:39 - Web UI
12:35 - Which is best for radio?
13:25 - Latency and Lag
15:28 - KVM Deployment Tips
16:13 - Recommendations - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Mr. Geerling Senior needs his own channel! He's charasmatic, well spoken, and can have Redshirt Jeff do silly things in the background. Great to see the whole family! Time to do an interview with Katie next. We want to know what's her line, she into tech too? Videography seems to be a starting point...
I agree.. I would love to follow someone who is a radio engineer on a tech channel like this! He was great!
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Definitely have Katie on. If Stephen Colbert can have Evie on, Jeff can do no less for his mom.
Yes, I'd love to hear about his Software Defined Radio setup that we saw at the end of the clip. Does he use it to transmit?
I enjoy how young Dad Geerling looks exactly like current Jeff
Except I keep my shirt on! Most of the time, at least.
I was going to say, Jeff your Snapchat “Dad Filter” Ain’t foolin anyone.
@Jeff Geerling knowing what he will look like in old age ...wait is that time travel?
@@JeffGeerling Does he even recompile the kernel xd
@@JeffGeerling Lol. I look just like my dad (RIP). The difference is that I have extremely sensitive skin (due to a random genetic mutation) so I am often shirtless, whereas he was usually in a suit.
4:00 _'Setup was a little more difficult because it comes as a kit and you have to assemble all the parts yourself.'_
For some, that's a bug. For others, that's a feature.
In my case, I accidentally pinched the 5v fan wire in the GPIO pins... and the first time I turned it on some smoke started coming out.
I thought I fried the whole thing, but luckily it was just some burning insulation on the fan wire.
@@JeffGeerling Ouch! Maybe I should send you some wire splicing materials to get that all fixed up ;)
Please say that's in the bloopers.
@@MarcoGPUtuber Unfortunately of all the assembly process, I forgot to record "first boot".
I should learn by now that's the shot that has the most potential for excitement!
@@JeffGeerling Exactly! Same with the 2.5G Card. We missed the magic smoke and had to settle on a re-enactment.
It's also not the case anymore, because of the kickstarter you can get a PIKVM in a metal case.
Jeff: Your father is GOLD! Wish I had a father like him!
Mine is dead from a heart attack. Make do.
I've worked with many IP KVMs. On top of their usual lack of features (hdmi is rare, many don't even do USB) they tend to suck. Java based interfaces, mouse doesn't always work. The fact that this works even on your phone makes it better than pretty much everything else out there.
Amen, the amount of times I have had to go into a data centre just to reset a KVM…….
have you use Raritan KVM? or know about it>>
@@yudhavidian102 I've used them from time to time. I see they finally have switches with HTML. Still stupidly expensive though.
My prediction is that we will see an overall price drop as a flood of Chinese manufacturers start skinning PiKVM and start producing equipment the same way openWRT caused a price drop/better flexibility in the Wifi Market.
@@pkf4124 Can't you use a KVM to control the KVM?
@DOOM GRIFTER raritan kvm now does not use java... free java...i know cuz i use it full UST+KVM and CCSG..
I would love to see some RTL-SDR stuff. Even just showing how cheap the radio is and the basic stuff you can do with it.
It shall be done!
@@JeffGeerling Also some RPi Outernet aka Othernet stuff pls..
I have seen lot of reviews over past years, but this is the first one that tell a tale of personal experience. Great work Jeff, I find inspiration in things you do.
Absolutely brilliant production guys, what a brilliant family team. I was here for the details of the KVMs. I didn't expect such a superbly produced, informative and entertaining production. Respect!
You are a spitting image of your dad. The picture of him when he is younger looks a lot like you do now, if you didn't have facial hair. Uncanny! Great video and very helpful, thank you both!
As a father of two young boys, the picture of you using the computer as a baby contrasted with where you are today is very touching. Your father must be very proud. All the best to you both.
I love the look of pride Mr Geerling had on being interviewed by his son the video personality! You both look alike at around that age. He seems the perfect dad that every kid might wish for and a great role model. Hopefully he will start his own channel or a joint channel. Loved the inside view on radio support.
Great feedback on the device use experience and pros & cons.
I like the definition of latency and the adjustments. The criteria for selection was really helpful.
Well done Jeff! Superb video.
Funny how things change! During my brief stint in radio in the mid-90s, we were still using carts (more or less 8 track tapes) for commercials, background music during traffic reports, etc... I wonder how many people in radio today have *ever* grabbed a cart to play a commercial? :) We, as individual DJs, were just starting to bring our laptops in to play random sound effects at the time. It was a novelty.
I remember my first job in radio was helping decommission the cart machines; they were upgrading to CD players instead, so for a while there were 3 cart machines and 3 CD players with the CDs installed in 'carts' of their own. The wall of the studio was basically like a video store, with hundreds of carts and CDs for all the music and commercials the station would play.
Back then disc jockeys were actually that-half their job was grabbing the programming binder and making sure to line up all the carts and CDs in the right order, then hit the button for each and every one (at least until basic automation was in place so the console could switch between them itself).
A project soon after that was installing 'RCS' PCs for each studio, which involved importing thousands of reels, carts, and CDs into the system so the computer could play all the audio.
I had to make an ad and dub it to a cart for a radio course I took in college. Now you can just make an mp3 file or whatever audio format you like and push a button. No carts that jam.
@@JeffGeerling My first job in radio was helping move WIOD studio into new building sometime in 2000 - 2001 when I was a highschool kid. Then almost 20 years later I helped dismantle it all and replace it with modern IP audio tech but this time as a full time employee.
The part with your dad is just so wholesome!
How cool it is that you and you dad can talk tech like this. I'm your dads age but my kids went into medicine, so my old age will be well handled... but times like this would have been so great.
I'm jealous of how cool (great) your dad is. Cheers to you and your family for taking the time to make this!
You've inspired me to go bug my boss to put this functionality in the NAS. Boy will the developers be happy to see me tomorrow.
You'll get some NASty stares tomorrow.
Is this a time to get a NAS included a KVM function?
Would love that feature!
@@JeffGeerling I don't care. Gotta make it easy for the customer and compete!
@@ASUSTOR_YT If that follows through I can go bug my boss to look at purchasing one of those!
Jeff, Jeff's cousin, Jeff's dad, Jeff's sister., Jeff's red shirted twin... I love that Jeff's family is willing to help him with his great videos.
I especially enjoyed this video with a glimpse into modern broadcast radio engineering. I grew up with and around radio with my dad being a station manager for 32 years and in radio much longer than that. It is fun to see what lengths are necessary to achieve the 99% uptime your dad mentions.
It's always amazing to find open source projects like the PiKVM that are both better and cheaper than existing solutions. Thanks for reviewing these products
A RPI Compute Module 4 IO Board for PiKVM th-cam.com/video/aehOawHklGE/w-d-xo.html
I subscribed because of the way you explain everything, and you have a great personality. I love the bloopers at the end, its great to see you do edit out the mistakes but you show at the end, that you are not perfect and you have some fun with it and yourself. Great channel, love all the projects I have seen so far.
You talking to your Dad reminds me so much of my childhood. My own father was in a similar position for the first 20 years of his career and taught me heaps about electronics. Pre-internet though!
Such therapeutic content...such fun people and suffciently sophisticated technical stuff........unconditional love for you man and the entire community!!
I liked the video. I had thought about using a Pi for this, but haven't found the time to look into it. Glad to see that it has been done and I could deploy without a great deal of work. I was also glad to see that security was mentioned as a consideration and perhaps less of an afterthought. I thought that I heard a suggestion of powering the Pi from the host's USB. If I heard that properly, I would want to verify that works completely before doing so, particularly if the intent is to include control of the host's power. Powering off the host may also cut power to the Pi.
How cool is that! Interview Dad! No wonder you are such a great nerd and teacher. You guys are a blessing. Thank you so much for such a great video!
Great introduction to these KVM over net / IP devices. PiKVM seems like a winner to me.
Thank you for review, I just ordered a PiKVM, which if it works well, I plan to deploy at each of my
Clients' Offices with servers. Really enjoyed getting to see you hang out with your dad on this one. A
little jealous, TBH. Enjoy the time you have together as much as possible. I can't even begin to
express what it is like to lose that.
Don, I fully echo those sentiments, I too have been in that position of losing my dad's companionship...
For a special project, perhaps. otherwise, I'd concentrate on RDP, remote management, powershell, etc first, and save the money for more useful endeavors.
@@MrPir84free RDP, Remote Utilities, and VPN are all deployed, but there are times, i just need to see the HDMI output and send HID. This is especially the case when dealing with hardware RAID, which seems to be interfaced with prior to the OS booting. This is especially true with my clients that have dell R720 servers in their office. But usually my go-to is RDP ove a VPN.
i definitely want more videos with your Dad, it's very interesting!
My dad taught me my first math and science lesson, he witnessed me receiving my PhD. Watching you and your dad really reminds me of my late dad.
I just learned about and backed the Pi KVM a couple weeks ago. Love the idea of getting IPMI-like control without a server mobo.
This is exactly why I love this channel. Keep up the good work!
I recently bought an HPE Proliant Microserver Gen 10 Plus and I bought the $35 iLO kit that does this exact thing and I love it.
I've watched a bunch of your videos on Pi stuff, and enjoyed them.
I've also heard you on several episodes of Talking Drupal, where you mentioned some of your Pi projects, and thought I must check them out.
Only just made the connection...
Great interview! Mr Geerling ia very funny and charismatic! Congrats for the great relationship you have with your father.
Hey Jeff, your future/past self editing is really working out nicely!
Thank you for this video, it looks like things I might actually build when I have the time.
Haha, Hi Jeff, Nice video, I am frequent watcher for the chanel, I am truly humbled by this episode, thanks for showing us your dad, that explains it all :). lol, my warmest regards to the Geerlings.
Woah! You get your well-spoken and detailed explanation skill from your dad! It'd be so cool if you posted more interviews or podcast style chats between you and your dad.
That's exactly what we're planning over on th-cam.com/users/GeerlingEngineering :)
AWESOME, Dad and Mon, you did a great job w your "boy"! The videos are entertaining, interesting and helpful. Jeff, keep up the great work. I know you put MANY hours into them. PS, Love the bloopers!
Goosebumbs!! when I saw elders like your Father in tech. Why are they not in my family..😢
Great video with the real world example from your father!
That clock at the end was amazing, and a nice touch. Kudos.
Oh yeah, an analog clock using a arduino nano I believe...such a cool build
Great to see your Dad on the channel and his background, excellent to see and hear his experience with the devices.
Nice! I wanted to implement this myself.
Having an engineer as a father but with our only technical conversations being: "arguing about how greater he must be" on anything technical in-spite anything he may be lacking in current methodologies: I must present my admiration on your ties... It was really fun to meet your family Jeff.. You guys are just great!
Great interview with your Dad, he is a super Dad !
Thank you for this review! I'm not gonna use such a KVM, but I can imagine this be useful and affordable for people, who do. Once I build a server and put it e.g in the basement, as a software developer I'm certainly going for the PI-KVM.
The Tech family, Nice review bro. Cool Dad. Lots of love from Kenya
This is love. Surely your dad is now reaping what he sow teaching you in tech
I don’t think I remember anytime with my dad at the transmitter at KMOX-TV, he was full time at the transmitter site back in 69-70 or so. But I loved touring the TV station, always a bit treat to me!
As just an enthusiast I wouldn't really need it.
But this device is so useful !
Also Jeff has the coolest dad ever !
Oh my goodness! This is amazing! I thought something like this was possible with a pi or similar ... but I don't have the skills to make 1 from scratch or what have you. Most of the systems I manage have ipmi but glad i got a alternative for the ones that do not! I honestly was thinking about buying a expensive ip kvm but not anymore.
13:43 I love the way he described the latency is 😂
your dad knows his stuff, thats awesome . I would be so freakin proud
42 dislikes from people who already bought KVM for over $500 before this video
45 now, probably some now that read your comment
$150 board, $50 pi, $100 4 port switch (with 50% discount). That is $350 already. Or $450 on a regular price. These "cheap" solutions are nowhere cheap at all.
@@D9ID9I you assume the 4-port switch, but all you need is a free port on the switch that feeds the machine anyway.
I didn't thumb down this but it is a bad video because you can get way through it (about half way in my case) without being told exactly what these Pi KVMs are and how one uses them!!!
@@D9ID9I May be we have a misconception here between (i)KVM and IPMI. Jeff explained what IPMI is very briefly starting at 1:39. Don't confuse this with desktop (USB, HDMI, DP) or enterprise (IP-based) KVM Switches like ATEN's. This is supposed to plug into your computer to provide an IPMI interface which the computer doesn't provide or which is present but doen't fit your needs. You connect to the Pi to manage the computer like you would connect to an IPMI or a virtual machine console.
I'm not a fan of giving one thing more than one name and confuse the heck out of others trying to make sense of marketing jargon either. But they've been pretty consistent with iKVM (integrated KVM).
The latency line had me laughing. xD That was so wholesome.
Loved this video! Might try a Pi-KVM with my old Mac Mini Server o.o
This video is very heartwarming.
You can get away with just the Pi hardware + USB HDMI capture card + USB-C cable, though I'd recommend the tiny pilot usb/power adapter if you intend on keeping the Pi running over a host reboot then just image the Pi with Pi-KVM and it works fine.
holy crap I love that front power connector pin interface. Never again have a system hard freeze!
Definitely learned a lot today!!!
Hi, Jeff! You should do a video about how you would wire your house for networking if you could start with a clean slate - equipment, routers, switches, cabling, wifi, etc.
Hi to your dad from Morocco, thanks for the video
This is so cool, I was planning to make something like this w/ RPi but I didn't know it is called KVM, I guess Internet gods heard me and helped me to find this video.
+1000 for inviting your dad. Great discussion together.
Yes! I wanted to try this thank you for coming up with a video!
It's great you interviewed your dad. He's cool.
That seemed like it was fun!
I have a project I would like to run across you. I love your content, and your Dad is awesome.
Most people’s parents are fighting with HDMI 2 and Jeff’s pop is creating high class problems like picking a 100mbs port over a 1gig.
Bro got a new subscriber. I’d subscribe to the dads channel too.
Btw, kvm is common on the cable tv industry as well.
Oh wow, I was looking for info on how to do this with a raspberry pi like 5 years ago :) nice
PiKVM with RPi zero w - total win for supporting parent's notebook when it does not connect to internet due to "some error" :)
Awesome video! I would like to know more about that cool clock setup made of needle gauges.
A RPI Compute Module 4 IO Board for PiKVM th-cam.com/video/aehOawHklGE/w-d-xo.html
I use ESP32 for similar purpose. It does power on/restart using commands sent over MQTT. It costed less than $5
Used KVMs as far back as my Novell server days, I only really stopped using them as the majority of my kit has been virtualised now and I don't need to have as many physical machines powered on. I turned off a large amount of my home lab as it was costing way too much, but I see the need for these devices even if they are a bit late to the game!
I have to admit something. I have nothing to do with PI things and most of the stuff Jeff is talking about on his channel, but I found myself coming back here like a vampire that's looking for a fresh bite. Jeff is so chill and the content so interesting and somehow relaxing. I could basically listen to him four hours. When I was a kid I used to hack and crack my computer and other devices and it makes me want to get a PI and just try out different things. It reminds me of the time of technical exploring and expression as a kid/teen. Luckily, I am a nomad and photographer now, which makes me very satisfied with emotional and creative expression, but I feel having a bit of coding and tinkering would make my mind so much more chill. I wonder what I could make that's useful. It's so interesting!
Are you me? I do (well did, now it's mostly for this channel) a lot of photography, and as a teen I would spend a ton of time figuring out how to break and fix anything on any of the PC hardware my Dad would bring home. I learned how to build and repair computers then and started doing it enough to buy a few new rigs for myself. That's where I started doing video, using a miniDV camera and a Mac G3 with FireWire back in 1999!
And now I get to do the same thing today but also share what I learn here. It's tons of fun!
@@JeffGeerling Oh man, thank you for sharing! Haha, definitely sounds like we had a similar childhood. I absolutely loved to understand the tech I was using and build my own computer or repair stuff. But I also had a technical limit because back then I wasn't able to get too much into hardware. I grew up in Germany, but my parents were immigrants from Poland, so we had a bit of a financial limit or even understanding what's out there. My playground was more software sided, and I liked it. But to be honest, that's why I love the PI so much. It looks like something I would have loved back in the days (I sound so old, I was born in 1987, but on the internet timeline I am a boomer). At the same time, I was playing soccer at an academy and at one point I had to decide where I put my time in. However, all the computer stuff is still deep in my heart and since I am traveling a lot in undeveloped countries and volunteering, I am constantly finding myself thinking about how I could make use of that. I mean, there are several great use cases. I might just get one and explore all the possibilities to understand all of its potential better :)
Anyway, just want to let you know that I am a keen watcher and I appreciate your content. I don't sell anything, but if you would like to have a look at my photos (as a fellow photographer), just google "oliver maximilian kulturhybrid". It should lead you to my dot com site. I am mostly in the eastern parts of the world, but maybe we cross paths one day and have a little exchange. I would be great! Until then, best luck with your channel and thank you again for sharing :)
@@OliverMaximilian Thanks! And interestingly, I made the decision to not go too deep into soccer (my family is originally from the Netherlands, tons of soccer runs deep in my blood... look up Bernie Geerling!)-and that must've freed up the extra time for my computing pursuits. I did play for a hear in high school, but switched to volleyball and focused on that as my main sport... until Crohn's disease kind of knocked me out of commission for anything beyond playing for fun!
@@JeffGeerling Haha. Seems like our existence and choice for or against soccer keeps the world in balance. I am glad it worked out for all of us 🙏🏻
@@OliverMaximilian Indeed!
Requesting to have a "With my Dad" series, that would be awesome!
Your dad remembers me of me with cables sometimes. Specially with radio racks.
Very Helpful.
I love to see interview of your dad, he is lucky to have son like you who is as strong as him technically..😊
As an ex Iheart radio engineer this was all too familiar. I like that your dad even uses SDR for watching HD sidebands on FM signals. I used SDRPlay RSP1A to tune HD mask compliance of 40 kW FM tube transmitter.
I think he's trying to make sure the 'big' radio station to the left there doesn't start interfering with his tiny 250W transmitter in the case of what was on his screen that day. It's fun decoding signals though!
I've learned so much from your channel. Thanks
Your dad is hilarious! Good stuff.
LOVE dad’s comment about losing three hours because he KNEW it was hooked up correctly.
Best use case for time-messaging would be future-self telling me “Nope.”
Lucky you for having such dad
I don't have a use for a KVM, but I want to build a PiKVM now just for the fun of it. Pretty sure I have a Pi sitting around not being used at the moment, so I guess my weekend just got sorted for me.
Your Dad is Awesome!
Your dad was great. You should have him on more often.
Just came here to say Hello to your dad. Now we know where all the techi-ness in Jeff comes from.. :). Sir! we would love to see more of you on this channel..God bless.
Excellent comparison of features and such. Lots of good info breakdowns. Structured time markers. Consistent quality content as always. Thanks Jeff (And Dad)!
I aim to make it easy for you to browse the videos. Plus I need the references when I need to link back to a part of a video later!
Such a cool dad!
Your best one from the fun side!!!
I love your videos. They seem to be so in depth but not TOO in depth.
Great Dad interview, and your sister has a cute voice.
Love that your dad is showing off his knowledge about radio!
Ok 2 years late, but I have to say seeing csrds running was nostalgic since I am a radio tech. It's sad that Stu Buck (the software writer) sold it to Xperi who has since discontinued all ArcticPalm software... Anyway thank you Jeff for all the great pi videos!
annnnnnnnnnnnd another amazing channel I never knew about before. Thank god for TH-cam's nerd suggestions. +1 sub. keep up the good work!
Very cool to meet your dad! He looked a little like Ralph Macchio in that old photo.
As a sysadmin this is an amazing product Im surprised didn't exist when I needed this solution
Thanks now I understand what latency is!
TH-cam brought me here and somehow determined that I to am someone who got into technology due to their dad. Cool, cool, I'll hit that subscribe button.
Can't wait to control Jeff's Mac Mini with a Raspberry Pi!
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I'm been a backer for quite some time and even built my own. Love this thing.